00Lisa's00RX300
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Hi all,
I bought my 2000 RX300 and am having problems with my transmission. Mine is doing a couple of things I haven't read here. First, in drive cruising 45 to 55 mph, if I accelerate to where the pedal is at 3/4 throttle, it downshifts and then slips and the rpm's go up but the car doesn't accelerate. The other problem (maybe engine related) when I try to accelerate full throttle, the car boggs down, like gas is no longer flowing. Let up, and it's fine. Accelerate slowly, no problems
Any info would be a great help! I should have checked this forum out BEFORE buying...
Some stats that may be of help:
Purchased 6 months ago, $9900
Does not have VSC, but has 4wd
120k miles. I drive 120 miles/day, mostly foothills
check engine light is on (has went off buy itself on occasion) can't remember the code, I think it was for O2 sensor, next to firewall. I had the MAF sensor cleaned since I read that this could be it also.
Gas mileage doesn't seem to be affected. Have tried fuel cleaner to see if injectors are clogged, minimal difference
Thanks, Lisa
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To Teslex
The transmission problems you are having with your rx300 seems to be all to common....you did not list the symptoms or problems of the transmission.....
I have a 99 rx300 awd it now has 110k on it but at the 80k mark I began having transmission trouble I was told the same as you 4500 to5000 dollars to replace it .....I thought this is rediculous for this vehicle this is a Lexus the transmission shud never give us this kind of problem... after a lot a research and trying a few different avenues this is what I found....
If your symptoms are neutralizing, it is in drive or reverse yet acts like it is in neutral..... most likely the screen filter is clogged......if you dont mind getting under you vehicle and getting alittle dirty you can drop your own fluid and clean the screen yourself and replace with new fluid....note the dealer charges about 300 dollars to do this they will also flush out all the old fluid which is about 15 qts......when I did this it was good for about 8 to 10
thousand miles and my rx started doing the same thing again....what was happening is the metal clutches were not getting the proper lubrication and the torque converter was not either.....so I had the dealer flush the transmission again and clean the screen filter and this time when I had them replace the fluid I added a product called TRANSMATIC this product thins the transmission fluid to help it get to the critical parts it should. So far
I must say my transmission shifts like it was new.....
Now I admit we should never have had this problem until after many more miles but we have it and I hope this helps you and others out there....good luck..
roanokebarry
Transmission Problems/failures with RX300 awd/fwd
in 99 - 03 Lexus RX300
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Thanks for the reply. I'm going to have the fluid changed ASAP...The level is hard to read on dip stick-not a clear line to read level...it's bright red and doesn't smell burnt...would a bad tranny sensor trip the CEL?